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My 8-year-old niece flew in from El Salvador with my mom to visit for two weeks. Those two weeks it was for my girl as close as it gets to having una hermana. They loved and fought each other all day over cualquier cosa tonta. That, and the fact that they would only speak to each other in English, was driving us a bit insane, but with that type of locura that you wouldn’t change for the world.

Of course, we had activities planned for them all the time, and really all my niece wanted was to go to the theme parks, visit the Hollywood sign, and feel like a rockstar. We got to do it all and even impress my mom on how little gas we consumed while going at it all day, every day. She could hardly believe our Toyota Pruius V filled up with only $40!

One of the most memorable excursions was to Knott’s Soak City Orange County water park. (Thanks for the media passes, Knott’s!) My husband put together the cutest and most-fun video of our trip so you can see the two “loquitas” in action…and me getting into their rhythm too. If you can’t beat them join them!

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Alicia Maher was born in El Salvador and resides in Los Angeles CA since 1986. She learned to cook at a young age authentic Salvadoran food from her grandmother, great aunts, aunts and her Salvadoran friends. For almost thirty years Alicia has passionately carried and shared her country and ancestors’ culinary traditions with family and friends. In her cookbook Delicious El Salvador: 75 Authentic Recipes for Traditional Salvadoran Cooking, she sets out to preserve and teach El Salvador’s home cooking history, flavors and dishes to future generations. She is also the former owner of two full service bakeries in the Los Angeles area, and has taught private cooking classes for the last five years. Before moving to Southern California, Alicia lived in Israel and Washington, D.C. She graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a BA in Art History. Alicia has been married to Joseph since 1988; they are the parents of three sons. Delicious El Salvador: 75 Authentic Recipes for Traditional Salvadoran Cooking is her first book.